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Getting COVID-19 had an impact on getting pregnant — and also, what actually causes two people to stay together? Go to audio
Photographers Elsa Parra and Johanna Benaïnous have perfected the game of transformation. They take portraits of themselves as bored housewives, rebellious teenagers, mothers, daughters, and lovers.
Berlin is a constantly changing city. Photographer Alexander Steffen is documenting this transience in the project Vanishing Berlin. For decades, he has been immortalizing places that have shaped the city — before they disappear forever.
Zanele Muholi uses their camera to capture the stories of South Africa’s Black LGBTQ community. Their works are a rebellion against discrimination, hate, and violence, while also speaking about the joy and pride of being queer South Africans.
A photograph can take us to foreign places, times long past, and broaden our horizons. In our photography special, we’re exploring insights into real and imagined lives, and visiting places that no longer exist.
Modern medicine has very effective drugs, high precision surgery and computer-controlled diagnostics. But simple remedies can help tackle many health issues: tea or certain foods, stress relief techniques, or just going for a walk.
City life is often hectic. With Martin Schmid's mindfulness exercises you can avoid stress and find calm. Even when you are waiting at the traffic lights.
A walk in the woods is good for your body and your soul. When you go for a forest stroll, your blood pressure drops, your immune system is strengthened, your stress levels are reduced. It’s been scientifically proven.
The capsaicin in chili peppers makes them hot. That's the substance that prompts a painful burning sensation – and the creation of new cells. It’s a way to deal with extreme neuropathic pain, which is usually quite hard to treat.
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More and more entrepreneurs are thinking beyond their own personal wealth. In what is known as the "Purpose Movement," company bosses aim to put profits to good use, while rethinking the idea of corporate ownership.
The world instantly looks more peaceful covered in a powdering of snow – that’s what the inventor of the snow globe thought. Erwin Perzy founded his snow globe workshop over 120 years ago.
For Kostas Lambridis, a piece of furniture is like a jigsaw puzzle which the Greek artist assembles from different, mostly recycled materials. Thus, plastic meets marble, upholstery meets concrete.
The Prinzregententorte is a cake with a story. It was dedicated to Prince Leopold of Bavaria. Euromaxx reporter Felictas Then goes in search of clues and learns how to bake a real Prinzregententorte
Blocks of ice from nature – in Norway, ice is harvested in winter. And soccer star turned character of a novel – Martin Suter’s book about Bastian Schweinsteiger. Plus: tasty legends – the story of the Prinzregententorte cake.
Deep in winter, enormous blocks of ice are cut from frozen waters in Norway. This old tradition stems from times before there were refrigerators. But what are these gigantic ice cubes used for today?
Back in the limelight: Martin Suter's new novel “One of you” tells the life story of the former German soccer hero Bastian Schweinsteiger.
